Known as Man

Hilarion &
Florian: Known as Man.

Cyril: They'll mock at him and flout him,
For they do not care about him
And they're "going to do without him"
If they can

All: If they can!

These are the phenomena
That ev'ry pretty domina
Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see.

These are the phenomena
That ev'ry pretty domina
Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see!

Hilarion: So that's the Princess Ida's castle! Well,
They must be lovely girls, indeed, if it requires
Such walls as those to keep intruders off!

Cyril: To keep men off is only half their charge,
And that the easier half. I much suspect
The object of these walls is not so much
To keep men off as keep the maidens in!

Florian: But what are these? (Examining some Collegiate robes)

Hilarion: (looking at them) Why, Academic robes,
Worn by the lady undergraduates
When they matriculate. Let's try them on. (They do
so.)
Why, see -- we're covered to the very toes.
Three lovely lady undergraduates
Who, weary of the world and all its wooing -- (pose)

Florian: And penitent for deeds there's no undoing -- (pose)

Cyril: Looked at askance by well-conducted maids -- (pose)

All: Seek sanctuary in these classic shades!

TRIO (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
"I am a maiden"

Hilarion: I am a maiden, cold and stately,
Heartless I, with face divine.
What do I want with a heart, innately?
Every heart I meet is mine!
Every heart I meet is mine, is mine!

All: Haughty, humble, coy, or free,
Little care I what maid may be.
So that a maid is fair to see,
Ev'ry maid is the maid for me!

(Dance)

Cyril: I am a maiden, frank and simple,
Brimming with